On Gray
Texas

Photographer's
Note:
I got some good pictures of what is actually on the ground.
I think the most important one is the first one, the dog. When he
came strolling by with them “boots” on I just couldn’t resist getting
a shot of him. Figured you might enjoy seeing it also.

Take note of the two pics - “The Gray-Potter Community Center.”
It is actually 6-miles south of “Gray”, the intersection of highways
TX-49 & TX-727. Also note the Historical Marker, even as it is located
at Gray it really is about Potters Point six miles to the south.

As nothing comes up on the internet I will state this: Gray Texas
is an unincorporated community in northeast Texas in Marion
County Zip Code 75657. It is located at the intersections of highways
TX-49 and TX-727, 6-miles north of Caddo
Lake, about 2-miles from the Louisiana border, about 19-miles
east of Jefferson,
about 225-miles north of Houston,
and about 1,250-miles from New York City.

It was named after a local politician. - Gerald
Massey, February 04, 2010

The
road to Gray-Potter's Point Community Centre
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, 2010

Potter's Point

Site of one of
most famous events in Texas. Robert Potter--
a signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, a chief author of Republic's
Constitution, first Secretary of Navy, Republic of Texas-- settled
1837 on Caddo Lake. A former
U. S. Congressman, he won election 1840 to Texas Senate. After Senate
adjourned in 1842 he tried to arrest his political foe, William P.
Rose. On night of March 1, 1842, Rose led armed men to Potter's home.
At dawn Senator Potter jumped into the lake to swim for help, but
was shot to death. He is buried in State
Cemetery, Austin.